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Anastomoses were protected by a loop ileostomy, and ileostomy reversal was performed after endoscopic assessment of anastomotic integrity.
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Fecal diversion to protect the anastomosis will be performed by the means of a loop ileostomy; and ileostomy reversal will be performed after endoscopic assessment of anastomotic integrity.
Another study assessed the incidence and severity of adhesions around a loop ileostomy and analyzed the length of time and morbidity associated with mobilization and closure of the ileostomy, with and without the use of Seprafilm [28].
A loop ileostomy alone can be used in severely ill and moribund patients to buy time for a subsequent colectomy.
48 In addition, the following clinical confounding factors will be assessed: colon or rectal surgery; surgical intervention (eg, laparoscopic or open surgery); temporary (a loop ileostomy) or permanent stoma or no stoma; chemotherapy or no chemotherapy (including duration and type of chemotherapy); any radiotherapy treatments.
Of the five patients in the control group, four developed infective complications (three pneumonia, one small bowel perforation related to simultaneous closure of a loop ileostomy) and subsequent hepatic insufficiency as a result of this 'second hit' and one patient developed renal failure requiring haemofiltration, with hepatic insufficiency.
All patients who had a laparoscopic reintervention were given a protecting loop ileostomy except for one patient with a small-bowel herniation through the major omentum.
Depending on their motivation and acceptance a restorative procedure with a diverting loop ileostomy was then done 3 6 months after the emergency colectomy.
Because patients with a protecting loop ileostomy are known to have a shorter primary hospital stay, the present study and that of Larson et al., 13 in which all patients received a covering loop ileostomy, cannot readily be compared with respect to length of hospital stay.
We perform a variant 2-stage procedure beginning with total abdominal colectomy and end ileostomy followed by completion proctectomy and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) without a diverting loop ileostomy.
In a prospective randomized study, application of Seprafilm around the limbs of a defunctioning loop ileostomy was found to reduce peristomal adhesions and to facilitate early stomal closure at 3 weeks with minimal complications [27].
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